title: What is optimized in an optimal path?
abstract: An animal confronts numerous challenges when constructing an optimal navigational route. Spatial representations used for path optimization are likely constrained by critical environmental factors that dictate which neural systems control navigation. Multiple coding schemes depend upon their ecological relevance for a particular species, particularly when dealing with the third, or vertical, dimension of space.
authors.forename: Fraser T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Sparks
authors.forename: Kally C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kubie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013037:Spatial Behavior